1985–86 snooker world rankings: Difference between revisions

In additional to standard ranking points, a "merit" point was awarded for losers in the last 32 of the World Championship, and a half merit point awarded to losers in the last 32 of other ranking tournaments. No points were awarded to a player who did not win any matches in a given tournament (for example, a top 16 player [[seed (sports)|seeded]] into the last 32 of the world championship would not win any merit points if they lost their first match).{{sfn|Everton|1985|pages=14–15}} Merit points were only used to determine placings between players that had an equal opportunity to earn them; players in the top 16 could not earn merit points from tournaments where they were exempted into the last-32 round. Players ranked from 77 to 102 had no ranking or merit points, with their positions determined by their performances in the 1985 World Snooker Championship, with frames won being taken into consideration if the round reached was equal.<ref name="SNSRANK"/>{{sfn|Hale|1985|p=9}}